Marvel's Spider-Man is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, it is inspired by the long-running comic book mythology and adaptations in other media. Set in New York City, players follow Spider-Man trying to stop the super-human crime lord Mister Negative from releasing a deadly virus across the city while dealing with the personal problems of his civilian persona, Peter Parker. When the game was announced in June 2016, it was widely anticipated.[1] The game was nominated for Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2016 and 2017,[2][3] as well as for Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards 2017.[4]
| Total number of awards and nominations | ||
| Total | 11 | 73 |
| Footnotes | ||
It was released worldwide on September 7, 2018, for the PlayStation 4.[5] Spider-Man received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic with a score of 87 from 116 reviews;[6] it was Metacritic's thirteenth highest-scoring PlayStation 4 game of 2018.[7][a] Spider-Man sold 3.3 million units in its first three days of release, making it the fastest-selling second-party video game release in Sony's history, narrowly beating 2018's God of War's 3.1 million.[8] USA Today estimated the game made at least US$198 million during this period, surpassing the $117 million North-American opening-weekend box office take of the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming.[8] By November 2018, it became the fastest-selling superhero game in the United States.[9] By August 2019, Spider-Man had sold over 13.2 million physical and digital units worldwide making it one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games.[10]
Spider-Man garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its story, characters, performances, and music. At the Gamers' Choice Awards 2018, the game received eight nominations and went on to win three awards: Fan Favorite Action Game, Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience, and Fan Favorite Character of the Year for Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[11][12] At the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards the game received twenty-one nominations and went on to win three awards for Engineering; Game, Franchise Action; and Performance in a Drama, Supporting for Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson.[13] At the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the game earned eleven nominations and won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation.[14][15] At the SXSW Gaming Awards 2019, Spider-Man earned eight nominations and won the Excellence in Animation and Excellence in Convergence awards,[16] and at the Game Critics Awards 2018 it garnered three nominations and won two awards: Best Console Game and Best Action/Adventure Game.[17]
Spider-Man appeared on several lists of the top video games of 2018, being ranked in first place by Wired; second place by Apple Daily and Time; third place by Complex, Push Square, and Zero Punctuation; fifth place by Electronic Gaming Monthly; seventh place by GamesRadar+ and Giant Bomb; ninth place by Polygon and USgamer; and tenth place by The Daily Telegraph. Shacknews and The Verge named it "Game of the Year" and it was nominated for Game of the Year by Eurogamer, GameSpot, and IGN. A poll of 128 Japanese game developers by Famitsu magazine named Spider-Man as their game of the year.
Accolades
edit| Award | Date | Category | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Awards | February 2, 2019 | Character Animation in a Video Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [18] |
| British Academy Games Awards | April 4, 2019 | Artistic Achievement | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [19] |
| Audio Achievement | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Narrative | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| D.I.C.E. Awards | February 14, 2019 | Game of the Year | Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith | Nominated | [14][15][20] |
| Adventure Game of the Year | Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Animation | Bobby Coddington | Won | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction | Jacinda Chew | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Character | Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Yuri Lowenthal, Jon Paquette, Christos Gage, Ben Arfmann | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Game Design | Cameron Christian | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction | Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition | John Paesano | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design | Dwight Okahara, Paul Mudra | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Story | Jon Paquette, Christos Gage, Ben Arfmann | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Achievement | Cameron Christian, Gil Doron | Nominated | |||
| Game Audio Network Guild Awards | March 21, 2019 | Audio of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [21][22] |
| Sound Design of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Interactive Score | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Dialogue | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Best Original Instrumental | "Spider-Man" | Nominated | |||
| The Game Awards | December 7, 2017 | Most Anticipated Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [4] |
| December 6, 2018 | Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [23] | |
| Best Game Direction | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Narrative | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Score/Music | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Audio Design | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Performance | Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Action/Adventure Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Game Critics Awards | July 5, 2018 | Best of Show | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [17] |
| Best Console Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Best Action/Adventure Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Game Developers Choice Awards | March 20, 2019 | Best Audio | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [24] |
| Best Design | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Narrative | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Technology | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Art | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Gamers' Choice Awards | December 9, 2018 | Fan Favorite Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [11][12] |
| Fan Favorite Action Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Fan Favorite Character of the Year | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Fan Favorite Male Voice Actor | Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor | Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson | Nominated | |||
| Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor | Tara Platt as Yuri Watanabe | Nominated | |||
| Gamescom | August 21, 2018 | Best Action Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [25][26] |
| Best PlayStation 4 Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Golden Joystick Awards | November 18, 2016 | Most Wanted Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [2][27] |
| November 17, 2017 | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [3][28] | ||
| November 16, 2018 | Best Storytelling | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [29][30] | |
| PlayStation Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Ultimate Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Harvey Award | October 4, 2019 | Best Adaptation From a Comic | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [31] |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 14, 2018 | Original Score – Video Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [32][33] |
| Italian Video Game Awards | April 11, 2019 | People's Choice | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [34] |
| Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Game Design | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Best Character | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Japan Game Awards | September 12, 2019 | Award for Excellence | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | [35][36] |
| New York Game Awards | January 22, 2019 | Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [37] |
| Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game | Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson | Nominated | |||
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | March 23, 2019 | Favorite Video Game | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [38] |
| SXSW Gaming Awards | March 16, 2019 | Excellence in Art | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [16] |
| Excellence in Animation | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Excellence in Gameplay | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Excellence in Technical Achievement | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Excellence in Narrative | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Excellence in Convergence | Marvel's Spider-Man | Won | |||
| Trending Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Video Game of the Year | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 5, 2019 | Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project | Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus | Nominated | [39] |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | |||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 17, 2019 | Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing | Marvel's Spider-Man | Nominated | [40][41] |
Other awards
editSpider-Man received a range of awards and nominations from media publications and other game awards shows.
Best Game awards and nominations
editSpider-Man appeared on several lists of the top video games of 2018, being ranked in first place by Wired;[42] second place by Apple Daily,[43] Hot Press,[44] Maxim,[45] Stuff,[46] Time,[47] and Troy Daily News;[48] third place by Complex,[49] France Info,[50] Igromania,[51] Morning Star,[52] Push Square,[53] The Ringer,[54] and Zero Punctuation;[55] fourth place by Gry Online,[56] The Michigan Daily,[57] National Post,[58] and NRK P3;[59] fifth place by Electronic Gaming Monthly,[60] Libertad Digital,[61] and Vulture;[62] sixth place by IGN Italy and Rolling Stone Italy;[63][64] seventh place by GamesRadar+,[65] Giant Bomb,[66] Knack Focus,[67] The Mercury News,[68] and The Star;[69] eighth place by HuffPost Brazil;[44] ninth place by Polygon and USgamer;[70][71] and tenth place by The Daily Telegraph.[72] Shacknews and The Verge named it "Game of the Year"[73][74] and it was nominated for Game of the Year by CNews,[75] Eurogamer,[76] Fox Sports Asia,[77] GameSpot,[78] IGN,[79] and news.com.au.[80] A poll of 128 Japanese game developers by Famitsu magazine named Spider-Man as their game of the year.[81]
Other categories
editGame award shows
editThe Australian Games Awards and Brazil Game Awards nominated Marvel's Spider-Man for both Action/Adventure Title of the Year and Game of the Year.[82] The Brazil Game Awards also nominated it for Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best Soundtrack, Best Voice Acting in Portuguese, and Insomniac was nominated for Best Studio.[83] The Global Game Awards nominated it for Game of the Year (sixth), Best Action (second), Best Open World (third), Best Visuals (fourth), in addition Insomniac won Best Developer.[84] At the New York Game Awards the game was nominated for The Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year and Laura Bailey's portrayal of Mary Jane Watson gave her a nomination for Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game.[37]
The game was nominated for 22 categories and won three at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards 17 of these were: Game of the Year; Animation, Artistic; Animation, Technical; Art Direction, Contemporary; Camera Direction in a Game Engine; Character Design; Control Design; Costume Design; Design, Franchise; Direction in a Game Cinema; Graphics, Technical; Lighting/Texturing; Original Dramatic Score, Franchise; Sound Editing in a Game Cinema; Sound Effects; Writing in a Drama. In addition, it won the awards for Game, Franchise Action and Engineering. Also it received nominations for its voice actors including: Performance in a Drama, Lead (Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man); Performance in a Drama, Supporting (Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson); Performance in a Drama, Supporting (William Saylers as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus). Bailey went on to win her nomination.[13]
Media publications
editIt received a "Silver" award (equivalent to third place) by PlayStation Blog in the following categories: Best Narrative, Best Graphical Showcase, Best Sound Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Performance, Best PlayStation 4 Game.[85] It also received a "Gold" award (equivalent to second place) by PlayStation Blog for Best PlayStation Console Exclusive.[85] Its developer, Insomniac Games, received a "Silver" award for Studio of the Year.[85]
Spider-Man won Best Game Narrative from Digital Trends and was nominated for Best Story by Giant Bomb.[86][66] Additionally, it was nominated for Best Video Game Story as well as Best PlayStation 4 Game and Best Action-Adventure Game by IGN.[87][88][89] It was a runner-up in four categories by IGN Australia these are: Best Audio Design, Best Game Design, Best Storytelling, and Game of the Year.[90] It was nominated for four awards by The Games Machine these are: Best Action Game, Best Open World, Game of the Year, Tell Me a Story.[91][b] It won the award for Best Action/Adventure Game by Inner Circle Games Network.[92] It won an Excellence Prize from Famitsu Awards.[93][94]
Notes
edit- ^ It was Metacritic's joint thirteenth highest-scoring PlayStation 4 game of 2018 alongside Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Sonic Mania Plus and Dragon Ball FighterZ with a score of 87.
- ^ Awarded to a game with outstanding narrative.[26]
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